22nd October 2018, Coimbra, Portugal
CNC - Center for Neuroscience and Cell, University of Coimbra, Portugal
8:30 - 9:00 - Registration
9 - 9:10 - Paulo Oliveira - Welcome
9:10 - 9:40 - Afshan Malik (King's College, London, UK) - Potential Mechanisms of Mitochondrial DNA mediated Acquired Mitochondrial Disease
9:40 - 10:20 - Manuela Grazina (CNC, Coimbra, PT)- Mitochondrial DNA: When the Circle Goes Bad
10:20 - 11:00 - Filipe Pereira (CIIMAR, University of Porto, PT) - Mitochondrial DNA mutations in Health and Disease
11:00 - 11:20 - Coffee Break
11:20 - 11:50 - Ana Coelho (CNC, Coimbra, PT) - Horizontal Mitochondrial Transfer to mtDNA-devoid Cancer Cells and the Role of Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase in Tumor Initiation
11:50 - 12:05 - Short talk: Cláudio F. Costa (CNC, Coimbra, PT) - Mitochondrial remodeling after forcing OXPHOS in human skin fibroblasts
12:05 - 12:20 - Short talk: Safa Khan (King's College London, UK)
12:15 - 12:30 - General Discussion
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:50 - David Lee (USC, CA, USA) - The New Old Alphabets of Mitochondrial Communication
14:50 - 15.30 - Joseph Reynolds (USC, CA, USA) - Mitochondrial-Encoded Peptide Regulator of Physical Performance with Age
15:30 - 15:50 - Coffee Break
15:50 - 16:30 - Valdemar Maximo (Ipatimup, Porto, PT) - Mitochondrial DNA alterarions in cancer: emphasis in oncocytomas
16:30 - 17:20 - David Lee (USC, CA, USA) - Integration of the Co-evolved Mitonuclear Genomes
17:20 - Closing remarks